Talla Hopper
@tallahopper.bsky.social
Archaeology. Art. Isle of Skye. Independence. The Archers. And other fancy stuff.
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OUT NOW! 📚
SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology (2025) - Scottish Society for Northern Studies
The Society is delighted to announce the publication of a new edited volume in honour of Dr Anna Ritchie.
www.ssns.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
OUT NOW! 📚
SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
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Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
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What's that? 🤔
You wanted an isolated Cornish boulder shaped like a dog's head? Of course.. 😊🐶
📷 Gwennap Head, West Penwith, last week
You wanted an isolated Cornish boulder shaped like a dog's head? Of course.. 😊🐶
📷 Gwennap Head, West Penwith, last week
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
What's that? 🤔
You wanted an isolated Cornish boulder shaped like a dog's head? Of course.. 😊🐶
📷 Gwennap Head, West Penwith, last week
You wanted an isolated Cornish boulder shaped like a dog's head? Of course.. 😊🐶
📷 Gwennap Head, West Penwith, last week
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Several minute piece on the BBC.
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
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#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Several minute piece on the BBC.
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
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We had a very special visitor today! 🐾
Clover, a beautiful 13-month-old Golden Retriever/Labrador, came to the museum with her trainer Geraldine. Clover is part of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Sponsor a Puppy scheme – check out their website to learn more. 🦮
Clover, a beautiful 13-month-old Golden Retriever/Labrador, came to the museum with her trainer Geraldine. Clover is part of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Sponsor a Puppy scheme – check out their website to learn more. 🦮
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We had a very special visitor today! 🐾
Clover, a beautiful 13-month-old Golden Retriever/Labrador, came to the museum with her trainer Geraldine. Clover is part of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Sponsor a Puppy scheme – check out their website to learn more. 🦮
Clover, a beautiful 13-month-old Golden Retriever/Labrador, came to the museum with her trainer Geraldine. Clover is part of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Sponsor a Puppy scheme – check out their website to learn more. 🦮
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JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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An interesting read highlighting a serious issue in Scotland. I live in an area surrounded by inherited estates, the amount they limit the growth of rural communities is astonishing.
"The Scottish Government devised a scheme to help the very rich cream off public subsidies for tree planting. Buy land and then the Scottish Government will help you make a fortune from it by planting trees – any trees, anywhere. That is government for the rich, not for the public good."
Land is power – Scotland’s people have none
Land isn't just about wealth and justice, it's about power. Scotland is cut off from its own land resources and hence is poorer as a nation
bylines.scot
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
An interesting read highlighting a serious issue in Scotland. I live in an area surrounded by inherited estates, the amount they limit the growth of rural communities is astonishing.
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4% of annual finds recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme were DONATED to Museums.... thats right 4%
📢One last time folks 4%📢
C'mon people, without Generosity, Donation, Giving, Legacy or Sharing how do we & our future generations have access to our shared heritage?
📢One last time folks 4%📢
C'mon people, without Generosity, Donation, Giving, Legacy or Sharing how do we & our future generations have access to our shared heritage?
OK. These are the new, updated, figures for 2023.
Utterly miserable reading -
"1,343 #treasure finds reported in 2023 (1,091 object cases and 252 coin cases). Of these cases:
❌️328 (24%) were acquired by museums (260 object cases, 68 coin cases)"❌️
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#Archaeology 🏺
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Utterly miserable reading -
"1,343 #treasure finds reported in 2023 (1,091 object cases and 252 coin cases). Of these cases:
❌️328 (24%) were acquired by museums (260 object cases, 68 coin cases)"❌️
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#Archaeology 🏺
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Reported Treasure Finds 2023 and 2024 Statistical Release
www.gov.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
4% of annual finds recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme were DONATED to Museums.... thats right 4%
📢One last time folks 4%📢
C'mon people, without Generosity, Donation, Giving, Legacy or Sharing how do we & our future generations have access to our shared heritage?
📢One last time folks 4%📢
C'mon people, without Generosity, Donation, Giving, Legacy or Sharing how do we & our future generations have access to our shared heritage?
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Voters want both: homes built and wildlife protected.
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
Help stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill tearing up nature protections
I've just emailed my MP and asked them to vote to protect nature in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Voters want both: homes built and wildlife protected.
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
MPs should listen to the public, not a false "nature vs growth" narrative.
If nature loses at this stage, it will be because they chose not to protect it.
Tell your MP to back nature: action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/... 📢
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Important to remember!!!
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November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
Houchen’s deprivation failure exposed – official
Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
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Urghh... it's as bad as I hoped it wasn't - these really are 'the first', 'the earliest', 'the only'.
In terms of gold cash price they're not worth a huge amount, maybe £60k, if that - but in historical value, they're utterly priceless.
So awful.😔
#Archaeology 🏺
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
In terms of gold cash price they're not worth a huge amount, maybe £60k, if that - but in historical value, they're utterly priceless.
So awful.😔
#Archaeology 🏺
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans
Two men have been charged with burglary, but "invaluable" items are still missing from St Fagans collection.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Urghh... it's as bad as I hoped it wasn't - these really are 'the first', 'the earliest', 'the only'.
In terms of gold cash price they're not worth a huge amount, maybe £60k, if that - but in historical value, they're utterly priceless.
So awful.😔
#Archaeology 🏺
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
In terms of gold cash price they're not worth a huge amount, maybe £60k, if that - but in historical value, they're utterly priceless.
So awful.😔
#Archaeology 🏺
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www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3
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The Scottish Parliamentary Elections are just over 6 months away and Bylines Scotland wants to hear from you! We're looking for volunteer writers, editors, researchers, fact- checkers and podcasters. Scotland needs you!
Get in touch: editor@bylines
#Scotland🏴
#Holyrood
Get in touch: editor@bylines
#Scotland🏴
#Holyrood
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Scottish Parliamentary Elections are just over 6 months away and Bylines Scotland wants to hear from you! We're looking for volunteer writers, editors, researchers, fact- checkers and podcasters. Scotland needs you!
Get in touch: editor@bylines
#Scotland🏴
#Holyrood
Get in touch: editor@bylines
#Scotland🏴
#Holyrood
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Like a time capsule: a #Roman tile marked with #finger lines, hobnail #shoe prints, #dog's paw prints, and a #stamp of the LEG(io) XIIII G(emina). Tiles with imprints are very common, since tiles were laid out to dry in the open air ahead of firing, where...🧵1/2
#TilesOnTuesday 🏺
#TilesOnTuesday 🏺
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Michael Prescott's report makes vital points about the importance of being accurate, and also how difficult that is. For instance, he describes himself as having been Political Editor of the Sunday Times for 10 years, which is not what the Guardian reported when he left the job.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Michael Prescott's report makes vital points about the importance of being accurate, and also how difficult that is. For instance, he describes himself as having been Political Editor of the Sunday Times for 10 years, which is not what the Guardian reported when he left the job.
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
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Let's play Bucks Name or Name Name
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Let's play Bucks Name or Name Name
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Those of us in Scotland have had to put up with hugely biased output from BBC & Radio Scotland for years. Their anti SNP reporting is obvious (see some examples below), but apparently, it takes bias to someone in a foreign country for anyone to care. #bbc
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Those of us in Scotland have had to put up with hugely biased output from BBC & Radio Scotland for years. Their anti SNP reporting is obvious (see some examples below), but apparently, it takes bias to someone in a foreign country for anyone to care. #bbc